Captain Eo made my favorite film discoveries on 2013. Here it what I wrote about it then:

Thankfully I went to see this wondrous relic of the ’80s before the attraction disappeared from the Walt Disney World landscape for all of eternity. In my opinion, it’s Michael Jackson’s best and most cinematic video/short film. Aside from being highly ‘80s and a rare treat to see it was also a rare collaboration between Francis Ford Coppola and George Lucas.

Since that initial writing, there director Justin Simien put it out there that he wants to put Captain Eo on on Disney’s ride-to-film conveyor belt. Although, that might not even be a possibility with ongoing joint strikes and with Disney having axed many projects in both and television.

That issue aside, I wonder if Coppola and Lucas would have any involvement in fleshing it out. Whether they do or don’t, how do tie-in an attraction that no longer exists (having closed for the final time in 2015) to a film? Moreover, how do you replace Michael Jackson’s singular talents?